Sealing-wax candle



July 24, i923.

l H. HOHMANN SEALING WAX CANDLE Filed July 14, 1922 Patented July 24,i923..

i @Felton SEALNGNZTAX CANDLE.

Application led July 14,

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HUGO HOHMANN, a citizen of the German -Republic,residing at Kopenick, near Bei'lin, Germany, have invented certain nevvend useful improvements in Sealing-V7 21X Candles (for which l havefiled lpplcs-ition for patent in many 26th July, 1921), of which thefollowing` is a. specification.

This invention relates to c stick oie sealing; Wax in which e candlewith Wick is e1nbedded. This candle which gives a {isnie is coated uponits outei' suilnce with :1 substance which does not melt easily and onlyet high teinperetuie but is combustible sind impermeable to sir.

n the sticks oi sealing` Wai; with a. Wick impeg'nated with Wax,steaiin, paraffin, heid alcohol or similar substances, theirnpregneiting" substances Inelt et the moulding;- owing; to the hottemperature of the sealing Wax Whereioin results the inconvenience thatthe impregncting substances sdinif; with the sealing Wax and deiile theseine so that the Haine of the Wick :is soon as it gets et the sealing'Wax extinguishes frequentlyY and the point at which the Wick burns getscharred.

This invention has foi" its object to obviate these inconveniences andto permit the continuous sealing.

ln ordei1 that the invention muv be clearly undeistood, l shellheieaiter proceed to desf/ibs the sume with fcference to the form ofconstruction shown by Wav of example, on the accompanying drawing.

lese. serial no. 575,107.

a is a stick 0ic sealing Wax'. which may be of any convenient shape anddimensions, ln this stick a a. candle Y) .is embedded the Wick c ofwhich projects slightly from the upp edge of the stiel: on. The candleF9 consists preferably of s materiel adopted to produce s. bright {iamenot giving off any soot and it is coated upon its 'outei surface by alayer (Z of u not easily combustible substance in'ipeimeable to nii,such as for inH stance Zspon lake, collodion oi' the like. Thesecoating; substances serve to prevent the softening4 of the candle and topiotect the et the moulding othe stick oif sealing ivan as Well asagainst the influences of" the telnpeeture.

t is obvious that the material oi' the candle andl the sealing;l Wax awill continuously melt as soon as the Wiel: has been lighted so that thesealing Wax candle con be con-- tinuously used foi' sealing.

l claim:-

A sealing-wax candle conSistine` of' e. stiel; 01"' sealing-Wax, of ecandle embedded in said stick end of s coating of said candle Qonsistlngof u substance which melts onli7 it high temperatures.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my siguatuze in presence of tivo Witnesses.

HUGO HOER/KANN.

Witnesses JULTUs S. ARLT, E. HOLTZERIEN.

